Godspell: A Musical Based on the Gospel According to St Matthew

David Greene somehow took an unfilmable off-Broadway musical and refashioned it into something wholly cinematic. It's SO not about religion; rather, it's about the ways in which old stories can be made new, about the creation of a family, and much more. A great personality test, too!

I liked the music, but some of the stories are a bit inaccurate. Overall quite good.

I really like the musical by Stephen Schwartz - the songs are great, and put together, they make for enough of a cohesive narrative for the stage. The film version is... painful.

Aside from having some of the catchiest songs ur ever likely 2 hear, there's nothing else 2 recommend this adaptation 2 any1 over the age of 8. A manic group of child-like adults may amuse on a stage, but on film they need somebody "normal" 2 bounce off of. But the movie insanely chooses 2 empty every single NYC location of its population, making any adult viewer feel like he's watching a very religious episode of Sesame Street. The narrative itself is equally barren: parables told, never shown.

I think if I had been more familiar with some of the songs I may have liked it more. Other than that, I think it was just too 70s for my tastes.

It's like Jesus Christ Superstar with evangelical hippies. A vision of the apocalypse indeed.